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Backstory

Quality:

Backstory - background story of a character. Article “Backstory” in English Wikipedia has 22 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Backstory”, its content was written by 102 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 183 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 659 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1056 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #1800 in March 2003
  • Global: #4261 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #96908 in July 2008
  • Global: #148871 in July 2008

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1German (de)
Backstory
23.2947
2Spanish (es)
Historia de fondo
22.617
3Chinese (zh)
背景故事
22.2536
4English (en)
Backstory
22.0457
5French (fr)
Toile de fond
22.028
6Armenian (hy)
Սյուժեի նախապատմություն
21.5217
7Portuguese (pt)
História de fundo
17.7712
8Japanese (ja)
背景 (物語)
12.5927
9Arabic (ar)
خلفية درامية
11.4859
10Korean (ko)
배경 이야기
3.9663
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Backstory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Backstory
1 188 234
2French (fr)
Toile de fond
67 635
3Malay (ms)
Latar tempat
19 317
4German (de)
Backstory
12 133
5Korean (ko)
배경 이야기
9 862
6Portuguese (pt)
História de fundo
3 560
7Japanese (ja)
背景 (物語)
3 270
8Persian (fa)
پیشینه داستان
2 624
9Arabic (ar)
خلفية درامية
2 534
10Spanish (es)
Historia de fondo
1 584
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Backstory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Backstory
3 532
2French (fr)
Toile de fond
99
3Chinese (zh)
背景故事
81
4Japanese (ja)
背景 (物語)
69
5Korean (ko)
배경 이야기
52
6Spanish (es)
Historia de fondo
47
7Portuguese (pt)
História de fundo
38
8German (de)
Backstory
27
9Persian (fa)
پیشینه داستان
25
10Arabic (ar)
خلفية درامية
23
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Backstory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Backstory
102
2French (fr)
Toile de fond
46
3Japanese (ja)
背景 (物語)
8
4Arabic (ar)
خلفية درامية
6
5Korean (ko)
배경 이야기
4
6German (de)
Backstory
3
7Armenian (hy)
Սյուժեի նախապատմություն
3
8Malay (ms)
Latar tempat
3
9Spanish (es)
Historia de fondo
2
10Persian (fa)
پیشینه داستان
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Backstory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
خلفية درامية
0
2German (de)
Backstory
0
3English (en)
Backstory
0
4Spanish (es)
Historia de fondo
0
5Persian (fa)
پیشینه داستان
0
6French (fr)
Toile de fond
0
7Armenian (hy)
Սյուժեի նախապատմություն
0
8Japanese (ja)
背景 (物語)
0
9Korean (ko)
배경 이야기
0
10Malay (ms)
Latar tempat
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Backstory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Backstory
659
2Persian (fa)
پیشینه داستان
134
3French (fr)
Toile de fond
73
4Portuguese (pt)
História de fundo
73
5Chinese (zh)
背景故事
58
6Korean (ko)
배경 이야기
16
7Arabic (ar)
خلفية درامية
12
8Spanish (es)
Historia de fondo
11
9Japanese (ja)
背景 (物語)
11
10Malay (ms)
Latar tempat
4
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
خلفية درامية
deGerman
Backstory
enEnglish
Backstory
esSpanish
Historia de fondo
faPersian
پیشینه داستان
frFrench
Toile de fond
hyArmenian
Սյուժեի նախապատմություն
jaJapanese
背景 (物語)
koKorean
배경 이야기
msMalay
Latar tempat
ptPortuguese
História de fundo
zhChinese
背景故事

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#96908
07.2008
Global:
#148871
07.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1800
03.2003
Global:
#4261
03.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Backstory from Wikipedia articles about Severus Snape, Elphaba, Silent Hill 2, Baldurs Gate 3 and Fire & Blood. Whereas reading the article about Backstory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Flashback, Origin story, Plot, Character and Prequel.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 10 March 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 Iran war, Mojtaba Khamenei, Deaths in 2026, Ali Khamenei, War Machine (upcoming film), Enhypen, Jennifer Runyon, Pete Hegseth, 2026 World Baseball Classic, Iran.

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